A coating of selenium nanoparticles significantly reduces the growth of Staphylococcus aureus on polycarbonate, a material common in implanted devices such as catheters and endotracheal tubes, ...

PITTSBURGH, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI), a leader in engineered materials, today announced that it will introduce its lithium-sulfur/selenium cathode ...

Mterials scientists replace all the atoms on top of a three-layer, two-dimensional crystal to make a transition-metal dichalcogenide with sulfur, molybdenum and selenium. The new material has unique ...

CalTech researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give it the potential to be even more efficient than traditional thermoelectrics. The researchers studied a material made ...

Thermoelectric materials work by converting differences in temperature into electric voltage. If two parts of such a material experience significantly different temperatures, electrons within it will ...

Nanoscale formulations of selenium can effectively capture mercury vapours from spills that could otherwise contaminate the air of homes and offices. Although the amount of mercury released from a ...

An international team of researchers, headed by chemists from the University of Glasgow and battery testing specialists at Helmholtz Institute Ulm, used a material composed of chromium and selenium in ...

(Nanowerk News) Selenium is an inexpensive element that naturally belongs in the body. It is also known to combat bacteria. Still, it had not been tried as an antibiotic coating on a medical device ...

(Nanowerk News) In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity and vice versa—researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give ...

PASADENA, Calif.—In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity and vice versa—researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give ...